Chicken feeder



June 28,1927. 1,633,917

f H. C. BADENHOP CHICKEN FEEDER Filed'Aug. 25. 192e Patented June 28, 1927.A

HERMANN c; iannrusrrror, or witwassen., onro.

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Appli-tation fueafau'gust 25, i926. seriai No. 131,453.

This invention aims to provide ay feeding device for chickens, so constructed that it may be used either' withor without 'a roof, and it being possible to give the chickens adequate access to the feed, and at the same time prevent the chickens from getting into the feed trough or tray.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the util-l ity of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in viewv which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter' described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be madey within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings y Figure 1 shows in end elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, parts being broken away;

Figure 2 is a. section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; Y

Figure v8 is a perspective view showing the tray, parts being broken away;

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a part of one of the arches.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a base tray 1, including a bottom 2, sides 3, and ends 4, the sides 3 being attached to the ends 4 by securing elements 5, and securing elements 6 being employed to connect the sides 3 to the bottom 2. The ends 4are somewhat higher than the sides 3, so that the tray 1 is provided at each end with an upstanding tongue 7. The parts 3 are connected by ties 8, preferably in the form of rods, located close to the ends 4.

The tie rods 8 hold the constituent parts of the tray 1 together, and prevent the joints of the tray from opening, due to moisture. The tie rods 8, moreover, have an additional function, which will be made manifest hereinafter.

A plurality of intermediate arches 9 eX- tend transversely of the base tray 1, the crowns of the arches 9 comprising spaced portions 10 located at an acute angle to each other to define an apex 11. Because the arches are constructed as described, it will be practically impossible for chickens or hens to roost on the arches and soil the feed in the base tray 1. The arches 9 have straight parallel arms 12 equipped at theirouter ends i with fingers 14 adapted to be received in openings 15 in the sides 8, the fingers 14 being straight, as shown in Figure 4, before they are'` bent or clinched down, as at 16, about the outer surface of the sides V3, to hold the arches 9 in place, as delineated in Figure 3. Terminal arches 17 are supplied,

i 'and these arches, in general outline, are made like the intermediate arches 9. The terminal arches 17, however, are of lessheight and of less width than the arches 9, in order to prevent the hens or chickens from getting Linto the base tray 1 at the ends thereof and scratching about soiling and picking over the feed in the tray 1. The terminal arches 17 have outstanding lingers 18 embedded in the ends 4 of the base tray 1. The arms of the terminal arches 17 lie against the in-v ner surfaces of the ends 4, and the tie rods 8` engage the arms of the terminal arches,

to hold the fingers 18 engaged with the ends 4. In addition to holding the parts of the base tray 1 together, the tie rods 8, further, aid in keeping the terminal arches 17 in place on the ends `4 of the tray 1. There are vkeepers 19 on the ends 4 of the tray 1. The

arches 9 and 17 are spaced apart by any desired distance, and the arches 9 are spaced from each other by any desired distance, depending upon the general size of the animals to be fed. The device may be used as above described, and as shown in Figure 3 of the drawings.

When, however, it is desired to provide a cover for the base tray 1, recourse is had to a roof, 20, the oppositely slanting portions of which are connected to end pieces or plates 21, resting on and supported by the ends 4 and by the sides 3, the end plates 21 have recesses 22 which receive the tongues 7 on the ends 4 ofthe base tray 1. This construction prevents the-roofy 2O and the end plates 21 from moving crosswise of the base tray 1. The terminal arches 17 engage the inner surfaces of the end plates 21, as shown in Figure 2, and, thus, the roof 20 and the end plates 21 cannot shift lengthwise of the base tray 1. In order to hold the roof 20 and the end plates 21 in place against vertical movement with respect to the base tray l, the end plates 21 are supplied With latch hooks 23, adapted to engage the keepers 19.

What is claimed is v l. In a device of the class described, a base tray comprising ends and sides, the tray being provided with upstanding intermediate and terminal arches, the terminal arches bearing against the ends of the tray, and ties connecting the sides of the tray and holding the terminal arches engaged With the ends of the tray.

2.- In a device of the class described, a base tray provided With upstanding terminal and intermediate arches, the tray including ends, end plates resting on the ends of the tray, and a roof carried by the end plates,

Vthe terminal arches cooperating With the end plates to prevent the end plates and the roof from shifting lengthwise of the tray.

3. A device ot' the class described, convstrncted as set forth in claim 2, and further characterized by the .provision oi interengaging parts on the end plates and upon the ends of the tray, which coact to hold the HERMANN o. BADENHOP. 

